Fly swatter



A. D. MILLER FLY SWATTER May 31, 1932.

Filed March 28. 1930 m n We The sheet of rubber or the like is cut with From the foregoing description the 11 8 Patented May 31, 1932 j v it I STATES ALBERT n. MILLER, or sULrHUn ELL, KENTUCKY FLY sWAT'rEa I Application filed March 28, 1930. "serial No. 439; ;26.

Thisinvention relates to a fly swatter and a plurality of 'U-shaped slits which define more particularly to a head of such a swatter tongues or flaps 17, and it will beappreciated made of a flexible material such as rubber or that the slits are wide enough-to. permit the the like. passage of a substantial quantity oflair It has for its object the provision of a head through Lthem in the handling of theswatter, for a fly swatter which will kill the fly but but not sufiiciently wide to avoid the injury which will not mash the fly to such an extent to the fly. These flaps also have an indeas to produce soil on the walls or woodwork. pendent swatting effect in that theylfollow,

Other objects and advantages of the inso. tov speak, the head of the swatter in its 1 1o vention will be hereinafter pointed out in descent and catchthe "beneath them. the specification and the novel features It will be appreciated that the escaping thereof will be particularly pointed out in of flies from a swatting operation is substanf the appended claims. tially aided when the air i'srn'oved with the Like reference numerals indicate like parts swatter toward the This movement" of throughout the several figures of the drawthe body of the air determines for the fly e5 ings in which the direction which it must move to escape Fig. l is a perspective view of the head of the force of a blow. By this princlple of the tt invention a maximum amount of air 1s per- Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 22 mitted to pass through the body of the swatso f 1 d ter head so that the fly is not as likely to Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 escape in a swatter head so provided as in of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the one which causes the heavy movement of air ro before it. It will be appreciated that in the The handle 10 may be made of any suitmovement of the swatter the flaps are open 55 able material stiff enough to enable manipand permit alarger movement of air through ulation of the swatter, but is shown as being them than would be indicated by a view of of twisted wire strands, the ends 11 and 12 the swatter as it appears at rest. of which are embedded in a block 13 forming Another fact of fly swatting which should a part of the head of the swatter. be borne in mind is that the blow is aimed to t The shape of the head of the swatter is catch the fly centrally 0f the swatter. In 86 conventional. It is made of material havthis case the central portion of the swatter is in the qualities of sheet rubber and is profor more than half its distance not provided vided with marginal ribs 14 and 15 and a with a central rib and for only two-thirds of central rib 16 on either side of the rubber the length of the head are ribs provided at from striking the surface against which it is surface at the very point where usually the driven with a full and complete force which fly is hit. will mash the fly. It will be appreciated that I It will also be appreciated that by the use these IlbS also strengthen the sheet Of rubber of rubber ribbed in the manner described 57117511611 a 3 that will Present h with the flaps formed as shown, the swatter 9O P 'D Q of fly swatting a sufliciently stlfl itself presents a minimum ofliability to inhead. 7 jury of the surface toward which it is driven. The edge of the ribs are extended for ap- Th f t th t th fl it th escape f proximately two-thirds of the distance from M t l id i th killing f th fl but v the Cent-Fill rib is approximately Onedlalf the which the swatter is driven against a surface distance from the top of the swatter toward d h n it is drlvenwith th1s mlmmum the outer edge. It is shown as a continuaforce it is less liable to 1n ure said surface I tion of the block 13. than if it required greater force to drive it. 100

sheet. These are to prevent the swatter head its edgesleaving a maximum of swatting the top toward the bottom of the head while it l i i i th i d f ith the swatter will be appreciated and a detailed description of its operation is not deemed necessary to a full and complete description of the invention.

5 It will be appreciated that the swatter may be used with advertising on either one or both sides of the body thereof.

What is claimed is: 1. In a fly swatter a head or flap made of a 39 rubber-likematerial in sheet form and provided throughout the main portion of its sur face with slits defining secondary flaps Within the contour of the head or .fiap, permitting the escape of air therebetween and the second-- ary flaps having independent movement of their own in the swattingIoperation as-Well its movement as apart of the head or flap.

2." Ina fly swatter a head made of a rubberlike material in. sheet form havingribsat its F sides, extending. for approximately two- ,thirds of the distance from the top ,of the head toward thabottom, and a' central rib extending 'fo'r one-half the distance from the top .ofthehead toward the bottom; V 3; The fly .swat-terof claiml, wherein the header flap is provided with strengthening and supportingribs at the sides of the head and ,alongits longitudinal center.

In testimonywhereof I afiix my signature. 30 a V ALBERT D. MILLER. 

